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Apr 25, 2025 · Artificial Intelligence
Does Reinforcement Learning Really Expand Reasoning Capacity in Large Language Models? Insights from Recent Empirical Study
Recent empirical research by Tsinghua’s LeapLab and Shanghai Jiao Tong University reveals that reinforcement‑learning‑based fine‑tuning (RLVR) improves sampling efficiency but does not extend the fundamental reasoning abilities of large language models beyond their base capabilities, as demonstrated across mathematics, code, and visual reasoning benchmarks.
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